Movies: Mentally disabled

The story of an Icelandic man and his slow descent into madness. Along his journey he meets Dagný, the initial cause of his breakdown. Other people he meets in the asylum have been committed for various reasons, such as signing cheques for Adolf Hitl...

A family that does not conform to the social norms of a small village must suffer the intolerance of the other villagers when the mentally-challenged son falls in love with the schoolteacher....

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A shocking exposé of the deplorable conditions and abuses from the Willowbrook State School for children with intellectual disabilities....

At the death of his father, Paulo, the youngest son, will have to be in charge of his mentally handicapped brother Daniel. Based on the novel by Bernardo Atxaga....

While doing community service at a special needs home, a rebellious teenage girl develops an unlikely friendship with a young mentally handicapped man who lives there....

A lonely middle-aged woman divides her time between her monotonous job at the supermarket and taking care of her disabled mother and estranged family members. The mysterious murder of the head cashier at the supermarket, sends her on a journey into t...

An ex-convict tries to make an honest living and take care of his girlfriend and her mentally slow brother....

Maryam (Negar Javaherian) and Reza (Shahab Hosseini) are different from other people, it's not just a simple difference, but a very big difference. They must try to prove to others they have solved the big difference with the miracle of love ......

As the AIDS epidemic was spreading in 1987, the Swedish government commissioned Roy Andersson to make an educational film about the disease. In these twenty or so monotone scenes, Andersson criticizes the medical community for its dehumanizing and ra...

A mentally-handicapped young man, a sex-obsessed tortured artist, and their responsible but somewhat prideful brother are all grief-stricken in the wake of their mother's death. The three brothers live with their father, a withdrawn and abusive paren...

Macie (Jen Santos) is a twenty-three year old woman with IDD (Individual with Developmental Disability) stuck in the middle of a feud between her sisters Abby (Maria Sole), a recovering alcoholic trying to become a more active member in Macie's life ...

A single father lives with his two young adult sons. Charlie, the older son, is mentally disabled and usually sneaks on his brother and his girlfriend. It causes problems for the already fragile family....

A mother discovers that her son has a disability that causes her breast milk to intoxicate him. But the discovery comes too late to prevent the loss of neurons....

A husband with a brain disorder that affects his long-term/ short-term memories recounts his marriage & discovers why it’s ending....

Marco is 30 years old and currently seeing a therapist because has unexpected rage....

A scream amid so many silences, an attempt to rescue the human's gaze upon himself....

Efe and Daniella’s marriage is a profoundly unique union that exhibits the perfect example of “unconditional love” or does it? Daniella is a beautifully alluring young woman who has a borderline mental condition that subjects her to frequent episode...

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The story of a young man struggling with the loss of his mother, and the added responsibility of caring for his brother while battling drug addiction....